都市部は周辺地域に比べて約10℃も気温が高くなることがあるが、緑地や、日光を反射する素材を使った舗装によって、都市生活をより凌ぎやすいものにすることは可能だ。だが意図しない副作用もある。クール素材を建物や舗装に使うことで海風を弱めたり、歩行者を熱したりする他、地域の緑化がグリーン・ジェントリフィケーションを引き起こすこともある。都市熱に関する科学的研究はまだ始まったばかりだ。
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Paleontologists Excavate ‘Incredibly Detailed’ Fossils With Preserved Subcellular Structures
Slashdot reader BoogieChile writes:
Details of an important new fossil site has just been published in the first Science Advances journal for the new year. McGraths Flat, in New South Wales, Australia, was once the location of this oxbow lake in a mes…
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Weighing 80-100kg and sporting long straight horns, white spots on its face and large facial scent glands, the saola does not sound like an animal that would be hard to spot. But it was not until 1992 that this elus…
Research Explores Why Popular Baby Names Come and Go
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a mathematical model to understand why popular baby names keep on changing, and it “points to a tug-of-war between the need to stand out in the crowd and the need to fit in with the pack,” reports Phy…
New Lava-Like Coating Can Stop Fires In Their Tracks
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